The Reeds Crew Handbook is proving a useful guide for experienced and novice crew alike. Both an aide-memoire for old hands and an ideal introduction for skippers to hand to new and aspiring crew, it gives them all the essential knowledge they need to undertake the tasks traditionally handled by crew aboard any size of yacht, including:
* Steering (both with a tiller and a wheel)
* Raising, dropping and reefing a sail
* Boat handling (using tide, wind, etc)
* Handling lines (throwing, coiling, lassoing, etc)
* Tying up a boat on a pontoon and against a quay wall
* Attaching bow and stern lines and springs
* Handling an anchor
* Using the radio
* Basic first aid
* Essential knots
Presented in bite-sized topics in a very accessible and undaunting fashion, and packed with colour illustrations to guide crew through each task, Reeds Crew Handbook is an invaluable primer for new crew before going to sea, and a handy pocket-sized aide-memoire for experienced crew when under sail.
- ISBN10 1408159139
- ISBN13 9781408159132
- Publish Date 29 March 2013 (first published 11 October 2012)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Thomas Reed Publications
- Format eBook
- Pages 160
- Language English
- URL http://bloomsbury.com/